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Hi Brian,
For the SE output, within 5% means I can detect differences, but if you were to blind A/B them and asked me which is the Taboo and which is the CSP2+, I'd be hard pressed to tell you. MAYBE the Taboo is that little bit more resolving, but it's so close that it could be (and likely is) the fact that the Taboo uses EL84 output tubes vs. the 6922s on the CSP, or that the ICs used on the Taboo were a little bit nicer. I hope I'm able to impart that using excellent tubes, the differences are marginal.
Balanced using original Lucid Mode is better in every "audiophile" way. Use whatever descriptor you want: Spacious, resolving, timbre, soundstage, etc etc - it's better and more powerful across the spectrum. If there's one knock on it, it's that at times it's too resolving and the soundstage presented is wide enough that it can be less immersive than the SE output since you're hearing so many details from everywhere. 1-5% of the time, it's easier to get lost in the music out of the SE output.
Hope that helps, Richard
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